Hook and eye.



A. HJELM.

HOOK AND EYE. APPLICATION FILED .IAN.29| I917- 1,235,529. Patented Jul sl, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED HJELM, a citizen of the United States, resident of Westby, county of Sheridan, State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a hook and eye of such construction that the parts will be practically invisible when hooked.

A further object is to provide a hook and eye which will not be bent or damaged by pressure of the garment to which it is fas tened, and which will allow the lapping edges ofthe garment to lie flat, one upon the other, and hold the meeting edges snugly together.

A further object is to provide a hook and eye of simple, economical construction, composed of parts which can be easily and quickly attached to a garment.

The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a view of a garment, showing the application of my improved hook and eye thereto,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged View of the parts of the hook and eye shown in interlocking relation and detached from the garment,

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the eye,

%Fig. 4 is a view looking at one end of the interlocked parts of the device,

Fig. 5 is a side view of the same.

In the drawing, 2 and 3 represent the lapping edges of a garment. The eye mem-' ber comprises a raised middle portion 4: terminating at each end in loops 5 for stitching the eye to the garment. These loops 5 are preferably bent forwardly from the middle portion 4; in the opposite dlrection to the loops of an ordinary hook and eye and thereby the eye is substantially invisible when the garment is hooked up or closed. The hook j ections or humps 10 opposite each other and spaced from the side members 6 by narrow gaps 11. The side members of the tongue terminate in a rounded tip or extremity 12. Both the eye and the hook member are preferably made of suitable gage of wire, though any other material adapted for the purpose may be employed.

The hook is secured to the garment by stitches through the loops 7 and 9, thereby fastening the device securely at four points, so that it will be held flat against the surface of the garment with the tongue 8 in contact with the garment between the side members. There will, therefore, be no projecting parts to catch on other pieces of clothing. The eye, with its curved portion 4:, only projects a' suflicient distance to prothe hook by the humps or projections 10,

these being adapted to yield to allow the convenient engagement of the hook with the eye. When the parts are engaged, they will present the appearance shown in Figs. 2 and 4:, and will lie so close to the surface of the garment that pressure thereon will not bend or distort the hook or eye in any way and will be practically'invisible, though easily accessible for engagement at any time.

The parts can be made in difierent sizes, according to the nature of the garment on which they are to be used.

I claim as my invention:

A hook and eye comprising an eye member having loops for securing it to a gar,

ment, and an intermediate raised portion, a hook comprising side members having loops ATENT QFFICE.

ALFRED HJELM, or WESTBY, MONTANA, Assienon' or Orin-HALF 'ro' E. o. FELLROTII-I,

at one end and a tongue formed between said members and adapted to enter said eye, loops being formed at the junction of said side members with said tongue and wherein said eye is seated when the parts are engaged .one

with the other, and said tongue on each side having a'projeoting portion separated from said side members by narrow gaps or passages and said tongue being in alinement substantially with said side members. 10

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 25th day of January, 1917.

ALFRED I -IJ ELM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

